Thanks To Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg Is Now The World's Richest Person Under 35

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest individual under the age of 35, with a personal fortune of $41.6 billion, says a Wealth-X report.

Zuckerberg is joined on the list by fellow Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, who claimed the second place on the list with an estimated net worth of $9.3 billion and Eduardo Saverin who was ranked fourth with an estimated net of $5.3 billion.

The top-20 list features only six women.

Huiyan Yang, the 34-year-old vice chairman of Chinese real estate developer Country Garden Holdings, is the richest woman on the list, taking the third spot with an estimated net of $5.9 billion, as per Wealth-X, the global wealth intelligence and prospecting company.

The top-10 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35 also include Scott Duncan at the fifth position with a wealth of $5 billion, Elizabeth A Holmes (6th, $4.5 billion), Nathan Blecharczyk (7th, $3 billion), Brian Chesky (8th, $3 billion), Joe Gebbia (9th, $3 billion) and Thomas Persson (10th, $2.7 billion).

As many as 11 of the world's top 20 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35 are from the US, while three each are from China (including Hong Kong) and Switzerland.